Google’s New Union Is Already Addressing Political Issues

Photo caption: The Alphabet Workers Union formed after years of unrest among employees at Google. Photograph: Michael Short / Bloomberg / Getty Images. Article by Aarian Marshall. Wired – January 12, 2021.

The Alphabet Workers Union isn’t seeking better pay and benefits. It wants to influence the company’s policies on social and other issues.

On January 4, a group of workers at Google parent company Alphabet said they had formed a union to influence the company’s approach to political and social issues. Three days later, the Alphabet Workers Union got its first chance. A crowd incited by President Trump had stormed the Capitol in Washington, DC, sparking recriminations in the capital and in the atomized home offices that now make up Silicon Valley. YouTube had deleted a video the president posted amid the violence on Wednesday. But unlike Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Amazon-owned Twitch, YouTube did not suspend Trump’s account. […]

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